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At a time when independent labels are battling for market share with major-label consolidation and do-it-yourself distribution alike, the day-to-day employees at one of the biggest U.S. indies are now fighting for changes in the workplace. In late March, around 85 staffers across various positions and locations at Secretly Group—the label family that includes Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans, Numero Group, and Ghostly International—announced that they were forming the Secretly Group Union. (Secretly artists, such as Angel Olsen, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast, Bon Ive...

Secretly Canadian Co-Founder Chris Swanson Looks Back on the Label’s First 25 Years Variety 2 hrs ago From its modest beginnings on the campus of Indiana University a quarter century ago, Secretly Canadian has grown into one of the most respected independent labels in the world, having released albums by the War On Drugs, Antony and the Johnsons, Major Lazer, Yoko Ono and Jason Molina. The company, which was founded by brothers Chris and Ben Swanson in 1996 and is still based in Bloomington, will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year via an extended campaign of reissues and new release...